harpooner

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noun

A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.

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harpooneer
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Meanings

nounharpooner (plural harpooners)

plural harpooners

  1. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.

    The bow harpooner was more commonly called the boat-steerer.

    1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 21
    1 more example

    Y.T. laughs. So does Raven. "What's your job?" Y.T. asks. "I'm a harpooner," he says.

    1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 322

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who launches harpoons

Similar
harpooneer
Broader
skilled workertrained worker
Also see
harpooneer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From harpoon + -er.

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Translations

Basque arpoilari
  • arpoilarisomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Catalan arponer
  • arponersomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Czech harpunář
  • harpunářsomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Dutch harpoenier
  • harpoeniersomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Finnish harppunoija
  • harppunoijasomeone who hunts with a harpoon
French harponneur
  • harponneursomeone who hunts with a harpoon
German Harpunier
  • Harpuniersomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Italian fiocinatore
  • fiocinatoresomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Māori kairāti
  • kairātisomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Polish harpunnik, harpuniarz
  • harpunniksomeone who hunts with a harpoon
  • harpuniarzsomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Portuguese arpoador
  • arpoadorsomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Russian гарпунщик, гарпунёр
  • гарпунщик (garpunščik)someone who hunts with a harpoon
  • гарпунёр (garpunjór)someone who hunts with a harpoon
Spanish arponero
  • arponerosomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Swedish harpunerare
  • harpuneraresomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Turkish zıpkıncı
  • zıpkıncısomeone who hunts with a harpoon
Cite this entry
APA

harpooner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpooner

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“harpooner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpooner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harpooner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpooner.

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